With NFL legend Tom Brady in attendance, Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo became football’s all-time top scorer. Elsewhere, drama in the Bundesliga and Serie A are providing some title races, but Sevilla’s LaLiga chances against Real Madrid are shrinking. ESPN’s Mark Ogden, Alex Kirkland, and Bill Connelley wrap up all the big action across Europe.
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Toney the top from spot?
Who is the best penalty-taker in world football? Mohamed Salah, Jorginho and even Mario Balotelli, who has missed just five times from 47 career spot-kicks, could all claim to be as reliable as anyone when it comes to beating the keeper from 12 yards.
It’s a great topic for debate, but according to Brentford coach Thomas Frank, nobody in the world right now is a better penalty taker than Ivan Toney.
The Brentford forward has now scored three penalties in less than a week after adding to his two at Norwich in midweek with one in Saturday’s 2-0 win at home to Burnley.
Toney has taken 24 penalties in his career and has missed just once, while playing for Peterborough United in a League One clash with Barnsley in Oct. 2018. Since then, the 25-year-old has taken 19 penalties and scored every single one of them.
His penalty style is slow and deliberate, with Toney watching the goalkeeper until he strikes the ball. It is a technique which continues to work and one that has contributed to five of his 11 Premier League goals so far this season.
Both England and Jamaica are watching Toney, with the Northampton-born striker saying earlier this season that he is undecided about his international allegiance. But whoever he ends up choosing, they will benefit from a potential match-winner in a penalty shoot-out. — Ogden
Race for Bundeliga’s UCL spots in full force
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